All Quotes

Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places. ”

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history. ”

You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well. ”

I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubbish, and that doesn't make me very popular, frankly. I mean, because some people say something to me, and I just tell them off. I mean, why should I put up with it? ”

I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.' ”

Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true. ”

My friendships are very important to me. ”

Obviously for some people there is a big connection between music and the way you can create a space. ”

For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK. ”

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. ”